Tortilla Flat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Tortilla Flat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Danny and Pilon eat for dinner the first night in the house?
(a) Fish.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Cheese.

2. How does Pilon choose a spot to dig for treasure?
(a) He sees a blue pillar of light.
(b) He had a dream about it.
(c) He has a metal detector.
(d) St. Andrew tells him the spot.

3. How much does Pilon ask Pablo to pay in rent each month?
(a) $25.
(b) $15.
(c) $50.
(d) $10.

4. What do Pilon and Pablo wish it would rain from the sky?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Tortillas.
(c) Good wine.
(d) Cigars.

5. What do the men try to learn from Pirate?
(a) How to steal without getting caught.
(b) How to roll cigarettes.
(c) How to play Euchre.
(d) Where the money is.

6. Why does Danny receive the sentence he does?
(a) His uncle is the sheriff.
(b) He knows the chief of police.
(c) He is a veteran.
(d) He is on the police force.

7. What does Danny ask Pilon?
(a) To lend him some money.
(b) To share Danny's house.
(c) To be his best man at the wedding.
(d) To go on vacation with him.

8. What does Danny drink when he learns of the inheritance?
(a) Lite beer.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Vodka.

9. Who is the jailer?
(a) Tito Ralph.
(b) Tito Puente.
(c) Tim Rogers.
(d) Tom Ralston.

10. Where does Big Joe Portagee spend half his civilian life?
(a) Church.
(b) Jail.
(c) School.
(d) Boxing ring.

11. Which saint is mentioned in the book?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) St. Anthony.
(c) St. Jude.
(d) St. Nicholas.

12. Danny is interested in the woman in #23 because she ________________________.
(a) owns her house and has money in the bank.
(b) is the most beautiful woman in town.
(c) is kind to him.
(d) is a good cook.

13. What do people do when they see the Pirate?
(a) Tell him jokes and give him money.
(b) Give him wine and pity him.
(c) Laugh or pity him.
(d) Laugh or give him money.

14. What does Joe steal from Danny?
(a) Blanket.
(b) Coat.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Boots.

15. What has Danny learned that he has inherited?
(a) A dog.
(b) A lot of money.
(c) Two small houses.
(d) A gas station.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unused bra will now be a gift for whom?

2. For whom does the person in #26 buy wine, lingerie and whiskey?

3. Why does Pirate buy the item for St. Francis?

4. Tortilla Flat thrives on gossip about _______________.

5. What lesson do the men glean from the house burning down?

(see the answer keys)

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